Stamford Museum & Nature Center
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Sunday Explorers
Spring Sundays are the best! Join us for our popular drop in programs and explore what SM&NC has to offer in spring! There will be self-guided crafts in Overbrook from 1-4pm: 1-4pm Self-guided crafts 1pm Animal Meet & Greet in Heckscher WILD! 1:30pm Grow it! Garden Exploration 2:30pm Habitat Field Study 3pm Animal Meet & Greet in Heckscher WILD! Members: Free | Non-members: Included with gate admission
83rd Annual Members Meeting
Knobloch Family Farmhouse Written notice is hereby given that the Stamford Museum & Nature Center shall hold its annual meeting of the Corporation. Please join us as we recount the many accomplishments of the past year. RSVP to: membership@stamfordmuseum.org
Heckscher Farm Festival
Discover the sights, sounds, and smells that evoke memories of our pastoral heritage. There are lots of little lambs to ooh and ahh over, baby goats to watch prance precociously about their pens, and dozens of ducklings and chicks waddling with their mothers around the 10-acre oasis of rural life in North Stamford. Join us for some great annual traditions such as live animal demonstrations and awesome food trucks, as well as some new features such as our Pollinator Party…
Sunday Farm Market
Our Sunday Farm Market returns for another great year! Click here for list of vendors!
Heckscher Farm Festival
Discover the sights, sounds, and smells that evoke memories of our pastoral heritage. There are lots of little lambs to ooh and ahh over, baby goats to watch prance precociously about their pens, and dozens of ducklings and chicks waddling with their mothers around the 10-acre oasis of rural life in North Stamford. Join us for some great annual traditions such as live animal demonstrations and awesome food trucks, as well as some new features such as our Pollinator Party…
Sunday Farm Market
Our Sunday Farm Market returns for another great year! Click here for list of vendors!
Spring Planetarium Shows
Take a tour of the constellations or planets in our galaxy! Learn about star stories in the sky, how to recognize common spring constellations, which planets are made of rock or gas, and more! Topics and content will vary each week. Programs begin promptly at 1:30 with limited seating. Doors will open 10 minutes before show time; no late admissions allowed. Recommended for ages 6 and up. No strollers permitted. Members: Free | Non-members: Included with gate admission
Outdoor Adventures: Wild Weasels
Discover the world of Connecticut’s weasels and have an opportunity to interact with our own wild weasels, our ferrets and otters. We’ll start with a short show on CT’s weasel species, from fishers to ermine, and then break up into two groups to have a chance to create an obstacle course for our ferrets in Heckscher WILD! and create enrichment for otters. Groups will then switch so everyone will get to do everything! Limited enrollment of 20 people to ensure…
Third Thursday Program: Super-Natural Snaps: Perfecting Nature Photography
Today most people use cell phones as their primary camera. Award-winning photographer, Anne Friday, will be on hand to teach all smart phone owners how to get the best photos from your cell phone camera. Taking advantage of the Summer Solstice light and our beautiful 118-acre campus, Anne will teach students technique and the art of nature photography. If the weather is inclement, Anne will teach an indoor photography class of still life and people. Members: $50 | Non-members: $60…
Sunday Farm Market
Our Sunday Farm Market returns for another great year! Click here for list of vendors!